The habits of healthcare consumers have changed: no longer do they perceive a medical visit as something necessarily separate from all other life events. In fact, they often seek the convenience of combining a quick trip to...more

In our previous post about the legal challenges that have been raised in the wake of the State of Florida’s establishment of selection rules for the issuance of licenses for growing and selling medical marijuana pursuant to...more

Admit it – your first thought was, why would anyone care if a health care facility was built in their neighborhood? But you were thinking of a nice, quiet nursing home, where the most activity that might take place would be...more

China Senior Housing and Care Newsletter is a legal publication to provide an industrial insight on the development of China senior housing and care and to help investors doing business in China. As early entrant of legal...more

As of 1st July, the Ministry of Civil Affairs has implemented two Measures to regulate the establishment and operation of senior care facilities. Our careful review finds the Measures are very welcome and encouraging...more

In this article, we will discuss on the topic of:
--What’s Happening in the Marketplace in China?
--The History and Development of CCRCs in the U.S.
--Fee Structures for CCRCs
--Financial, Regulatory and...more

In This Update:
-I. For Informational Purposes Only (no vote required)
-II. Certificate of Need Program
-III. Reviewability Determinations and Pending Reviewability Determinations
-IV. Old Business
-...more

On November 21, 2012, the Alabama Supreme Court announced a modification of the Physician Office Exemption (“POE”) to Alabama’s Certificate of Need (“CON”) rules and regulations. In Ex parte Sacred Heart Health System, Inc....more

Burned up Massachusetts landlords are fuming with concern over the state’s newly passed but hazy medicinal marijuana law. The law — rolling out Jan. 1 — grants medical marijuana users the right to grow a two-month supply of...more

In This Issue:
- I. CERTIFICATE OF NEED PROGRAM
- II. For Informational Purposes Only – Reviewability Determinations and Pending Reviewability Determinations
- III. OLD BUSINESS
- IV. NEW BUSINESS
-...more

In a recent published China Real Estate Investment Handbook from Deloitte, we find for the first time its outlook on the Chinese senior housing market. The report analyses the regulatory environment and business models very...more

Recently, Shanghai Bureau of State Administration of Industry and Commerce (SAIC) has issued a series of stimulus on driving innovative and transitional policies to be implemented in Pudong. One of the 16 policies is to...more

Since this June the China Insurance Regulatory Commission (“CIRC”) issued 13 draft regulations for public opinion, paces for insurance companies towards senior housing are further picked up.
Loosened policy for senior...more

The nature of property, acquiring approach and its property usage will all have big influence to the business of senior care, so investors will have to choose different ways of acquisition according to different status and...more